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In a statement backed by all 28 EU states, the European Union and China will commit to full implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, EU and Chinese officials said. The joint statement, the first between the China and the EU, commits to cutting back on fossil fuels, developing more green technology and helping raise $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer countries cut their emissions.

In a statement backed by all 28 EU states, the European Union and China will commit to full implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, EU and Chinese officials said. The joint statement, the first between the China and the EU, commits to cutting back on fossil fuels, developing more green technology and helping raise $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer countries cut their emissions.

are you bemoaning the loss of "american exceptionalism" in this matter?

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It is pathetic that the US cannot lead the movement to combat climate change. But rational governments like California and many others, and rational companies like Tesla and many others, will still continue their efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

What irrational entities do, like the current Federal Executive Branch, are just passing pointless actions. The irreversible trend is towards sustainable energy. It is becoming cheaper than fossile fuels and that is unstoppable.

It is pathetic that the US cannot lead the movement to combat climate change. But rational governments like California and many others, and rational companies like Tesla and many others, will still continue their efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

What irrational entities do, like the current Federal Executive Branch, are just passing pointless actions. The irreversible trend is towards sustainable energy. It is becoming cheaper than fossile fuels and that is unstoppable.

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maybe the US should lead and not be led, this accord was far from the US leading

As the old expression goes, "lead, follow, or get out of the way." "Standing in the way" (or moving backwards) is not where you want to be. But it is where we (the US) find ourselves.

This is not only a setback for the planet and all of our children, but makes the US look like a bunch of ignorant fools. Which, apparently, we are. I think we will find the US quickly becoming morally isolated from the rest of the world on this issue, akin to South Africa and apartheid.

China has critical strategic and political reasons for lowering fossil fuel imports; they are not environmental concerns whatsoever. They have to try to produce more fossil fuels domestically. This is difficult with low oil prices, so they resort to renewable energy for the time being. They have no choice.

Yes.
If the climate problem is real we are all in this together.
The US showed up for WW2, and that expense was far greater than sticking with the Paris Treaty would be.

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so the US should fund the problem the whole world shares?
how about every nation devote 1% of their GDP to address the situation?
I don't think that many nations would be so rabid about the faux climate issue

your quote is from the movie the idiocracy, maybe you should view the whole movie because sadly fiction has become reality!
not sure for president

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Not so. The quote is a derivative of a statement from General George Patton, who is reported to have said: "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way." George S. Patton - Wikiquote It is also often attributed to Thomas Paine, although no one seems to be able to confirm he actually said it. It predates Idiocracy by decades, possibly centuries.

so the US should fund the problem the whole world shares?
how about every nation devote 1% of their GDP to address the situation?
I don't think that many nations would be so rabid about the faux climate issue

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